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3rd, August 2012 Celebrities 2

Macaulay Culkin, $6,000 of smack per month and a long thin face

Once the adorable little urchin who, somehow, kept being left at home without the intervention of Social Services, Macaulay Culkin was a gigantic banker in '90s Hollywood... More »

2nd, August 2012 Sports 1

London 2012 gets a second Nazi salute and monkey chants in Super Hi-Vision Ultra HD

The Evening Standard, spots a fan of Lithuania's basketballers in the stands giving what might be a Nazi salute into the faces of two black stewards.... More »

2nd, August 2012 Sports

London Olympics 2012 day 5 – the best photos

Our daily look at the best photos of the London 2012 Olympics. Day 5... More »

2nd, August 2012 Reviews

Wilmslow man sought for falling though bus stop roof (video)

Is this you? More »

2nd, August 2012 Celebrities

What's all this about Janet Jackson slapping Michael's kid across the face?

Nasty is what Janet Jackson once claimed to be. Mind you, she also sang: "Privacy is my middle name, my last name is control... More »

2nd, August 2012 Flashback

The best and worst Olympic protests

A long, and sometimes noble Olympic tradition of protest… More »

2nd, August 2012 Key Posts

School holds Dress Up Your Dead Possum day - photos

Playing dead... More »

2nd, August 2012 Money

Dai Teatime has a an email scam for you

Dear, Your A Dead Man.... More »

2nd, August 2012 Key Posts 3

The greatest moment ever - what's yours?

“Are you try’na start me c**t? You wanna go me you f**king c**t? You wanna f**ing go me?”...“Yeah, actually. Let’s do this. Off the bus.”... More »

1st, August 2012 Sports 1

Japanese Sumo kids - in photos

Fat need not be taboo... More »

1st, August 2012 Sports

Olympic athlete of the day: Kum Sok

...the weightlifter... More »

1st, August 2012 Money

Apple doesn't do it for the money - oh no, Jonathan Ive!

It just does sound so lovely, doesn't it? Just be excellent and the money will come rolling in.... More »

1st, August 2012 Sports

London Olympics 2012 day 4 – the best photos

Day 4 in photos... More »

1st, August 2012 Celebrities

Chris Brown shows deep interest in Frank Ocean's sexuality

Of course, rentagit Chris Brown opened his mouth without kicking his brain out of reverse... More »

1st, August 2012 Money 1

Where in hell do you want the Greenland mining pollution then, Greenpeace?

From the annals of really pig ignorant stupid environmentalism, we bring you a Greenpeace expert... More »

1st, August 2012 Sports

Emily Seebohm is London 2012 Twitter victim Number 3

Following Michel Morganella and Voula Papachristou on the one-way twitter tick out of London 2012, we meet Emily Seebohm... More »

1st, August 2012 Strange But True

Why did Darwin man stick a lit firework in his butt?

The Darwin Award goes to... More »

31st, July 2012 Reviews 1

How Luka Magnotta was captured by amateur detectives

"Most damningly, group members found that many of Mr. Magnotta’s photos were uploaded with embedded information on the make and serial number of the camera..." More »

31st, July 2012 Politicians

Pussy Riot v Vladimir Putin: the trial

The trial of Pussy Riot has begun.... More »

31st, July 2012 Reviews

Edinburgh teen tweets picture of dying man who fell asleep in a bus lane

When Ikram Choudhury, 17, spotted a man lying in a bus lane in Leith, Edinburgh, at 1:56am he reacted.... More »

31st, July 2012 Key Posts 4

Is @Rileyy_69 the victim of a Twithunt? Racist tweeters want teenage boy raped for Tom Daly tweets

Twitter user @Rileyy_69, 17, was so upset that Tom Daly failed to win a Olympics medal for diving that he tweeted the teenage sportsman... More »

31st, July 2012 Celebrities

Professor Green shows gasping lack of wisdom on eating disorders and infidelity

Noticing that Kristen Stewart had admitted to cheating on Robert Pattinson with married director Rupert Sanders, Green tweeted... More »

31st, July 2012 Reviews

Bob Dylan takes a shower with Jonah Lehrer, who gets an early bath

The Johann Hari School of Journalism calls New Yorker staff writer Jonah Lehrer... More »

31st, July 2012 Flashback

Intruders - a history of unwelcome guests at big events

A good effort by Madhura Nagendra, but certainly not enough to earn a place on the international intruders’ podium… More »

31st, July 2012 Key Posts

The funniest London 2012 parodies in photos

the London Olympics - laughing at the sports day... More »